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Date:         Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:41:12 -0500
Reply-To:     ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fridge Burner box
Comments: To: mdrillock@COX.NET
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 24px"><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Hi Mark;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Does my description of the box base tell what box I have.&nbsp; It came out of a 83.5 waterboxer Westy.&nbsp; Can you give me any info on what to do?&nbsp; Should I just lift the base enough to clean it out, or dissemble it?&nbsp; At this point, as the interior of the burner box is pretty clean, just&nbsp;blowing it out seems prudent.</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Thanks;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Dave B.</FONT></DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 08/24/12, <SPAN>mark drillock&lt;mdrillock@COX.NET&gt;</SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">There are 2 different versions of the fridge burner box, 182A and 182B.<BR>The vast majority of fridges are the 182B type that replaced the 182A<BR>during the 1982 production year.<BR><BR>Mark<BR><BR>David Bjorkman wrote:<BR>&gt; "I pulled the fridge out of my pool cabana (the first Vanagon Westy I<BR>&gt; owned) as I prepare it for a spare. While doing the maintainence, using<BR>&gt; past experience and Frank Condelli's write-up, I ran into a snag that I<BR>&gt; don't remember from the last time. Frank says to remove a screw from the<BR>&gt; side of the burner box to remove the sparker (after burner propane<BR>&gt; supply disconnected) and 6 screws to release the base of the burner box.<BR>&gt; Well, I have an L shaped base, 7 base screws and a different (machine)<BR>&gt; screw under a small copper line going to the sparker ground (I think).<BR>&gt; Going through this part of the base is also the wire to the piezo<BR>&gt; electric sparker (as well as the aforementioned supply line). Both the<BR>&gt; small line and the wire are held in by red gaskets, I could see a split<BR>&gt; in one, and I don't know if I should break those seals. I could swear I<BR>&gt; had that base completely off the last time. Can someone tell me what I'm<BR>&gt; looking at?"<BR></DIV></div>


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